*What is Garrysmod ?
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. Unlike regular games there aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
You spawn objects and weld them together to create your own contraptions - whether that's a car, a rocket, a catapult or something that doesn't have a name yet - that's up to you.
If you're not too great at construction - don't worry! You can place a variety of characters in silly positions.

*What is Tunngle?
Tunngle is a revolutionary p2p VPN tool that delivers the best online entertainment experience.
Tunngle is specifically designed to allow PC gamers all over the world to comfortably play their games over the Internet while enjoying all the commodities of a Local Area Network party.
Tunngle is literally built around games. Each game has its own public network. Each network comes with its own chat! You can bookmark, list and search!
Tunngle comes with its own integrated messenger. Adding buddies, making friends is just a few mouse clicks away!

GMA files are Garry's Mod Add-on files that are download via Steams Workshop. As our version of the game does not use the workshop we must convert GMA addons before they can be used. Steam Workshop add-on files for Garry's Mod (GMA Files) can be found here Steam Workshop . You Can Request ANY of these files over the forum and we will provide links for you to download them. Please use the below format when requesting ANY add-on file from either Steam WorkShop or garrysmod.org

The Source Dedicated Server or SRCDS is a tool that runs the server component of a Source based game without the client component. In other words it will be used to run the dedicated server only without the need to run the game. SRCDS is chiefly used by server providers who want to serve up as many games from the same computer as they can.

Dedicated Servers are often made to be online 24/7, and to be accessed from anywhere (world wide), they are NOT used for LAN server or listen servers, they are public servers and any player can join them, later you can limit the access to the server and allow only the server steam group members to join if you want.

Through this guide you will be able to run and manage your own dedicated server, this guide includes a lot of steps to configure and modify your server, some of them are required steps and a must and some are optional:

Additional Steps:
*Tunngle Interlink - to make your server appear for the players in the L4D2 tunngle networks in the server browser, tab LAN.

The Steam Console Client also known as SteamCMD is a new tool to install and update dedicated servers. Use the download button below and we can start downloading the server files. After you download it, extract the folder inside it called SteamCMD anywhere on your computer, then open the folder and inside it there will be a file called steamcmd.exe, start it then follow the next steps to download your dedicated server files.

Now after you have downloaded SteamCMD, create a new folder and put it in that folder, you can name that folder SteamCMD, now start the steamcmd.exe tool and it will automatically update itself, after it download the updates it will install them and then you are ready to use the tool.

If you have your SteamCMD tool opened, close it, now go to your SteamCMD folder and click right click on steamcmd.exe and choose Create shortcut like you see in the next picture:

Then right click on the new created shortcut and choose Properties, then it will open a new window, inside that window you should see something called Target like you see in the next picture:

In your case the directory of the SteamCMD tool might be different, so now leave a space after C:\SteamCMD\steamcmd.exe and write the following parameters:

Now after you have finished writing the commands, click on Apply, then OK then start the shortcut of the SteamCMD tool and it will start downloading your dedicated server files, when the shortcut finishes it will quit by itself.

Important: To run content on your server you need to copy the "steamapps" from your game installation folder to your server folder (where srcds.exe is) BEFORE installing the SFK Dedicated Server Patch.

Important: Your dedicated server directory should not have spaces in it or else the Shortcut will download the dedicated server files in another directory, if you want to leave a space use _, for an example instead of L4D2 DS it can be L4D2_DS.

Note: Again, if you can't keep your computer running all the time while the Shortcut is downloading your dedicated server files, you can close it and then when you turn on your computer next time you can run the Shortcut and it will resume the download.

Important: To run content on your server you need to copy the "steamapps" from your game installation folder to your server folder (where srcds.exe is) BEFORE installing the SFK Dedicated Server Patch.

Now you should make a server.cfg for your dedicated server, in this file you can write all the commands you want and your dedicated server will execute them on the start, you can make it by yourself, right click on your desktop and choose New ----> Text Document and write the following inside it (you can add your own commands in this file):

Once you have finished creating your server config file save the file with the name server.cfg and save it as All File types then put it in your \Garrysmod\cfg folder.The above is just a basic example of a typical server.cfg, for a full list of commands check the Garry's Mod wiki page here: http://maurits.tv/da.../indexebfc.html

Now you have to create a shortcut for your dedicated server with the required parameters, go to your dedicated server folder and locate the file called "srcds.exe" then right click on it and choose Create Shortcut, then right click on the created shortcut and choose Properties, in the shortcut tab you should have a Target bar, leave a space first then write the following paramaters (the directory is just an example, yos should replace it with your own directory!):

Sometimes your dedicated server can crash for whatever reason, you will need to download a crash protection file to make it start when it crashes, after you download the crash protection file use it to start the dedicated server.
Before you download the crash protection file, you should already have a shortcut of your srcds.exe with the parameters you want, rename that shortcut to srcds_shortcut then save it.

!!YOU MUST NAME IT LIKE THAT, IF YOU DON'T THE BATCH FILE WON'T WORK!!
Now after renaming your shortcut, download the crash protection file from here and put it in your dedicated server folder where your srcds.exe is located, run the file and your server will be launched with crash protection.

This is a very important step, If you don't forward the port correctly your server won't be displayed inside the server browser and people wont be able to see your server. You have two IP Addresses, one for your computer and one for your Internet, you will need to have a static computer IP Address so your router know where to send the incoming connections (UDP/TCP), download this software to setup a static IP Address for your computer:

After you have downloaded and installed, start it and choose your Internet Adapter and click on "Make It Static". (You can find pictures in the previous link). Now you have made your computer IP Address static, you will need to find out which router model you have, you can usually find the manufacturer and the model number on the back of your router. When you have found out what router model you have, you will need to open your router page to forward the port that is required for your dedicated server.

To open your router page you will need to write your Internet adapter gateway in your browser URL section, to find out what gateway you have you will need to open your Command Prompt and write inside it ipconfig then press enter and it will list you all the adapters you have. Search for your Internet adapter, then look at the numbers to the right of the gateway, memorize them and write them in your browser URL section and it will open your router page, for most routers the gateway will be 192.168.0.1, if your gateway is different don't panic, just write it in your browser URL section and it will open your router page.When you open your router page you will most likely be asked for a username and a password to continue, don't panic, as long as you have not changed them you should have the default username and password for that router. Go to the following website and find you router model in the list to obtain the default username and password for your router:

If your model is not listed there you can try to use usernames and passwords from similar models as some of the models have the same username and password, If you can't find the correct combination you will have to contact your ISP (Internet Service provider). Once you have accessed your router page, go to this site:

Find your router manufacturer and model, then select Half Life 2 Steam Server from the list of programs and it will show you how to forward the port on your router.

!!FORWARD PORT 27015 BY DEFAULT, IGNORE THE PORTS IN THE LINK AND MAKE SURE YOU SELECT YOUR ROUTER MODEL!!Important: The default port you should forward is 27015, its recommended to forward it unless you know how to change it.Important: If you opened another port that's different from 27015, make sure to edit the command "hostport" in your server.cfg file with the same port you forwarded.

I assumed you Run the Standalone FIX first before following normal steps?

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This Patch Will Fix Some Programs Inside The Complete Standalone That Are Needed To Update Garry’s Mod To The Latest Version. After Installing This Update You Will Need To Follow The Guide Which Will Explain How To Use CFToolbox and MiSteam To Update And Prep Your GCF Files.

What do you mean don't want to patch? you mean inside CFToolbox? be patient as its a big update it will probably take around 5 min just to start patching in CFToolbox.

Yeah sorry I should of waited an hour before I said anything. It updated fine.

Oh so the Standalone Fix is for First timers? Alright. Kind of odd if that is only reason. (Reason im asking is try to see what needs to be in a Updated Video)
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Installed Perfect.
With its ungodly frame rate issue It works just like the real thing....I really hate gmod13 But the Standalone works.

This post has been edited by zBaconz: 27 October 2012 - 03:18

I may not know what I'm doing half the time, but I do what I can and do it with Style.Garrys Mod Addons

Yeah sorry I should of waited an hour before I said anything. It updated fine.

Oh so the Standalone Fix is for First timers? Alright. Kind of odd if that is only reason. (Reason im asking is try to see what needs to be in a Updated Video)
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Installed Perfect.
With its ungodly frame rate issue It works just like the real thing....I really hate gmod13 But the Standalone works.

Phew!! took forever but quite worth it, great job sfk thanks a TON! Im only 14 so buying A game would take 2 years of asking for my dad or mom to take me out to target, and i had been asking for 2 years already for gmod. Thanks take care mate.

Phew!! took forever but quite worth it, great job sfk thanks a TON! Im only 14 so buying A game would take 2 years of asking for my dad or mom to take me out to target, and i had been asking for 2 years already for gmod. Thanks take care mate.

Okay Im not processing this right.
What does the Standalone Fix do exactly? By what you say, It fixes Only the CFTool program yes?

(Required First time) I assumed you mean, all users who PM you for the Link to Gmod. Other then that...I sorta stumped for words to describe it.

Like myself, Ive already installed Gmod since 2.3 Update. So as you say I shouldn't need to apply the FIX Correct? So all new downloaders need to apply FIX so the CFTool Works properly?
Sorry for asking so many questions just trying to limit future questions when I get a new Video up for you guys.

I may not know what I'm doing half the time, but I do what I can and do it with Style.Garrys Mod Addons

Okay Im not processing this right.
What does the Standalone Fix do exactly? By what you say, It fixes Only the CFTool program yes?

(Required First time) I assumed you mean, all users who PM you for the Link to Gmod. Other then that...I sorta stumped for words to describe it.

Like myself, Ive already installed Gmod since 2.3 Update. So as you say I shouldn't need to apply the FIX Correct? So all new downloaders need to apply FIX so the CFTool Works properly?
Sorry for asking so many questions just trying to limit future questions when I get a new Video up for you guys.

No you don't need the fix mate .. The old process you had to install the standalone then update, then prep and install the Standalone again. This is because the version of CFToolbox inside then Complete Standalone is broken and will not open. I decide to create the Standalone Fix to avoid confusion of telling people to install the Standalone patch twice. All the Standalone Fix does is Fix CFToolbox so you can use it to install the content patches.